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17:35, 27 December 2007

Investigation into felling of relic forest starts in Krasnodar Territory

In the Krasnodar Territory, they are now investigating the fact of cutting out a section of the relic forest in the territory of the wildlife reserve "Bolshoi Utrish" (city-resort of Anapa). However, ecologists fear that no efficient measures will be applied to those guilty.

13:34, 26 December 2007

Murder of nine hunters solved in Kabardino-Balkaria

Boris Salmaksov, head of the Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office for the SFD, has reported today that in Kabardino-Balkaria the murder of nine hunters and huntsmen has been solved, the accused criminals have been announced into federal search.

13:31, 26 December 2007

Charges presented to suspects of blowing up the bus in Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol Territory

The Chief Investigatory Department at the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the South Federal District has indicted the two detainees suspected of blowing up the Pyatigorsk-Stavropol bus committed in the city of Nevinnomyssk.

13:29, 26 December 2007

Opposition accuses Saakashvili and Georgian authorities of telephone terrorism

On December 25, at a press conference of representatives of the united opposition on the topic of political terror, Koba Davitashvili, leader of the Party of the People, accused the authorities of "telephone terrorism" and gave Mikhail Saakashvili three days to disclose his agents.

13:26, 26 December 2007

Azerbaijan: court refuses to release editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper

Today, the Yasamal District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan has refused to change the freedom restriction measure - the arrest - to Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper.

13:21, 26 December 2007

Trial of journalist Petrova who wrote about Caucasus delayed till January 21

The Moskovskiy District Court of the city of Kazan has reappointed the consideration of the complaint of two militia officers against the decision to stop the criminal case against journalist Natalia Petrova who is known for her reports from "hot points" of the Caucasus, and her parents on January 21, 2008.

13:10, 26 December 2007

"Imedi" suspends broadcasting in Georgia

Georgiy Targamadze, director of political programmes of the Tbilisi-based "Imedi" TV Company, which resumed its broadcasting on December 12, has stated today that the Company is temporarily stopped.

13:52, 25 December 2007

Video interview: Imam-human rights activist about the problems of "Dzhuma" community in Azerbaijan

Human rights activist Ilgar Ibragimoglu, leader of the "Dzhuma" religious community in Azerbaijan and Chairman of the Centre in Defence of Freedom of Conscience and Religion (DEVAMM), has narrated in his interview about the activities of his community and the problems confronted by the parishioners of his mosque.

13:49, 25 December 2007

Abkhazia's SSS: slavery prospers in Georgia

The Service of State Security of Abkhazia has stated that evidences of the people, who had been subjected to forced labour for some years in Georgia, should become a weighty proof for international organizations of the fact that slavery is flourishing in the territory of this country.

13:45, 25 December 2007

The Caucasus Times attacked by hackers can be restored by 80 percent

The human rights website The Caucasus Times, which was attacked by hackers on December 22, will be able to restore about 80 percent of the information, which was considered lost.

13:42, 25 December 2007

DEVAMM: new bill "On Education" encroaches on the rights of believers in Azerbaijan

The DEVAMM has issued an appeal to the leadership of Azerbaijan, stating that the law draft "On Education", now brought for consideration to Milli Medjlis, derogates from the right of the believers.

13:34, 25 December 2007

Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria demand a trial of Savrulin and Shepel

The relatives of the militants who fell victim in Nalchik on October 13, 2005, have lodged a petition to with a demand to bring Alexei Savrulin, head of the investigatory group of the RF's General Prosecutor's Office for the SFD, and Nikolai Shepel, former Deputy General Public Prosecutor for the SFD, to criminal responsibility.

17:55, 24 December 2007

Volgograd Region: old people short rationed at their boarding house

For two years already, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kikvidzenskiy District, Volgograd Region, is trying to put things in order at the Macheshanskiy boarding house for aged people and invalids. The latest inspection has shown that the rights of the people who are living in the boarding house are still violently broken.

17:52, 24 December 2007

Trial of editor-in-chief of "Azadlyg" newspaper appointed on December 26 in Azerbaijan

A preparatory session on the case of Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper who was arrested in Azerbaijan, is planned for December 26.

17:44, 24 December 2007

"Ingushetia.Ru": count of election absentees in the Republic already makes 36 percent

On December 23, a total of 57,898 applications from residents of Ingushetia have already been gathered who reject their participation in elections on December 2. But according to the official data of the Electoral Commission of Ingushetia, over 98 percent of enlisted voters took part in the voting on December 2.

17:38, 24 December 2007

Skinheads accused of murdering Dagestan resident arrested in Moscow

Six skinheads were presented charges of attacking two Dagestan residents in an electric train in a Moscow suburb, as a result of which one of the victims died.

17:33, 24 December 2007

HRC "Memorial": uncle of assassinated kid dismissed for refusal to commit perjury in Ingushetia

In Ingushetia, uncle of Rakhim Amriev, a boy of six murdered on November 9, 2007, in Chemulga village by members of power agencies, was fired from his post after a telephone call from the prosecutor's office.

22:53, 22 December 2007

Nationwide protest rally prepared in Ingushetia

The organizing committee of the nationwide rally informs about preparation of a new mass national protest action against corruption and arbitrariness of the authorities, and against violations of human rights in Ingushetia.

22:51, 22 December 2007

OSCE is concerned with pressure on independent mass media in Armenia

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has expressed its concern with the situation in the area of freedom of mass media in Armenia.

22:48, 22 December 2007

"Iman" newspaper: masses of youngsters leave Chechnya

The massive migration of young people from Chechnya to European has acquired a scale of a real national disaster.

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